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1 Land clearing

2 Week 1: Land clearing Land preparation is the first step for your farming venture. If you prepare the land properly, the rest of your farming activities will become much easier to complete. Start with clearing or cutting all the tall grasses. Remove trees and all heavy bushes and tree stumps. Take care to also remove stones and any other obstacles from your field. The result should be a field that is ready for ploughing. Do not burn the bushes because burning exposes the soil to erosion and also causes loss of soil nutrients. Designed and Illustrated by: Mango Tree

3 First ploughing

4 Week 2: First ploughing First ploughing is done before the onset of rains to turn plant material into organic manure while also breaking the soil to allow more water to enter. This process also increases the amount of air available in the soil. Depending on the resources available, the farmer can use a hand hoe, an ox plough or a tractor with a plough. If your field has perennial weeds such as couch grass, spear grass or wondering jew, you need to spray the field using herbicides like glyphosate, round up and weedmaster. Always contact an agriculture extension worker or an agrodealer for more guidance on herbicides. A germination test should be carried out during this period to ensure that seeds are capable of germinating. It should also be of high germination percentage, not less than 85% in 2 weeks. Contact agro-dealers and seed producers for quality seed. Designed and Illustrated by: Mango Tree

5 Second ploughing and harrowing

6 Week 3: Second ploughing and harrowing Carry out second ploughing followed by harrowing to obtain a finer tilth. Remove any trash and other obstacles which can hinder seed germination. Designed and Illustrated by: Mango Tree

7 Manure application and planting

8 Week 4: Manure application and planting Farmers are encouraged to apply organic fertilizer to improve the soil fertility. This will result in higher yields. Note: Other fertilizers can also be good as long as these are also decomposed. Inorganic fertilizers e.g UREA, NPK can also be used but only after advice from your agriculture extension worker or agrodealer. Planting in lines: Use a string to make rows in your field. Spacing should be 50cm apart and 30cm between plants. Using a stick to make a 1cm deep farrow following the string. Mix seed with soil/manure in a ratio of 1:4 (1 quantity of seed to 4 quantities of soil/manure) before planting to avoid congestion and seed wastage. Plant the seed in the farrow and cover with light soil. Designed and Illustrated by: Mango Tree

9 Weeding and thinning

10 Week 6: Weeding and thinning Timely weeding will lead to increased yields. Timely weeding minimizes competition for food and light between weeds and malakwang. It will give malakwang better conditions to grow. Weeding also reduces pest and disease infestation at the early stages which will lead to increased yields. Weeding should be done as soon as weeds emerge and before the flowering of weeds. This will reduce the risk of weeds spreading. Thinning is done at the time of weeding. During thinning the less vigorous, off-types and diseased plants are removed. The good quality thinned plants can be sold or consumed at home. Designed and Illustrated by: Mango Tree

11 Pest and disease management

12 Week 8: Pest and disease management Pest and disease management should be a continous effort. Both organic and inorganic pestcides can be used to control pests and diseases. It is recommended to always seek advise from an agriculture extension worker on pest and disease identification and management. Note: The farmer should monitor the field to ensure quick action is taken in case of break out of pests and diseases. Designed and Illustrated by: Mango Tree

13 Harvesting malakwang Short term Long term

14 Week 12-18: Harvesting malakwang Malakwang vegetable is ready for harvesting starting from days after germination. The crop can be harvested in two ways: 1. Uprooting (Week 12-16): This is mostly done in commercial production by uprooting the whole plant. 2. Cutting tender stems (Week 16-18): This is commonly done in kitchen gardens for home consumption. The tender stems are cut every 1-2 weeks until the plant flowers. Designed and Illustrated by: Mango Tree

15 Seed production for malakwang

16 Week Seed production for malakwang Step 1: Cut the whole plant and spread them on a canvas/tarpaulin in the sun to dry. Step 2: After drying, put another canvas/tarpaulin on top and beat gently to expose the seed from the pods. Step 3: Remove canvas/tarpaulin and the trash. Winnow to obtain clean seed. Step 4: Package seeds in clean and air tight container and store on a raised platform in a cool, dry well ventilated place. Designed and Illustrated by: Mango Tree

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